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Reports (1990-1999)

Other reports: 2010 - ( - ) | 2000 - 2009 (175 - 219) | 1980-1989 (55 - 122) | 1970-1979 (14 - 54) | 1965-1969 (1 - 13)

Reports marked with an asterisk (*) were produced jointly with the Law Commission.

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1999

Report 174 Remedies for Breach of Contract

• Implementing legislation: none
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 173 *Company Directors: Regulating Conflicts of Interest and Formulating a Statement of Duties

• Implementing legislation: none; but main recommendations contained in the Companies Act 2006 (c 46)
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 172 *Trustees' Powers and Duties

• Implementing legislation: Scottish recommendations implemented by Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 10), Part 3

Report 171 Penalty Clauses

• Implementing legislation: none
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 170 *Chronological Table of Private and Personal Acts

• No legislation required
• Chronological Tables of Local and Private Acts (link to OPSI website)

Report 169 Unjustified Enrichment, Error of Law and Public Authority Receipts and Disbursements

• Implementing legislation: none. Nearly all the recommendations were no change. The effect of the Commission's work had manifested itself earlier in the error of law/interest swop cases in Scotland and England
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 168 Abolition of the Feudal System [HTML]

• Implementing legislation: Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 5)
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 167 Thirty-Third Annual Report 1997-98

• No legislation required

1998

Report 166 *Statute Law Revision: 16th Report

• Implementing legislation: Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 (c 43)

Report 165 Report on Leasehold Casualties

• Implementing legislation: Leasehold Casualties (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 5)
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 164 Report on Diligence on the Dependence and Admiralty Arrestments

• Implementing legislation: none, but see Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 3)
• Prior Discussion Papers: 84, 90

Report 163 Report on Boundary Walls

• No legislation required

Report 162 Report on the Law of the Tenement

• Implementing legislation: Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 11)
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 161 Thirty-Second Annual Report 1996-97

• No legislation required

1997

Report 160 Report on Interpretation in Private Law

• Implementing legislation: none
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 159 Fifth Programme of Law Reform

Report 158 Report on Vulnerable Adults

• Implementing legislation: Mental Health (Care and Treatment (Scotland) Act 2003 asp 13 (See also Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 10)
• Prior Discussion Paper

1996

Report 157 Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Bill, Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Bill, Planning (Hazardous Substances) (Scotland) Bill, Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Bill: Report on the Consolidation of Certain Enactments relating to Town and Country Planning in Scotland

• Implementing legislation: Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (c 8)
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 (c 9)
  Planning (Hazardous Substances) (Scotland)Act 1997 (c 10)
  Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1997 (c 11)  [consolidating statutes]

Report 156 Thirty-First Annual Report 1995-96

• No legislation required

Report 155 Statute Law Revision: Report on the Chronological Table of Local Legislation

• No legislation required
• Chronological Tables of Local and Private Acts (link to HMSO website)

Report 154 Multi-Party Actions

• Implementing legislation: to be implemented by Act of Sederunt
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 153 Thirtieth Annual Report 1994-95

• No legislation required

Report 152 Report on Three Bad Rules in Contract Law

• Implementing legislation: Contract (Scotland) Act 1997 (c 34)
• Prior Discussion Paper

1995

Report 151 Report on Incapable Adults [HTML]

• Implementing legislation: Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 asp 4
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 150 *Statute Law Revision: Fifteenth Report: Draft Statute Law (Repeals) Bill

• Implementing legislation: Statute Law Repeals Act 1995 (c 44)

Report 149 Evidence: Report on Hearsay Evidence in Criminal Proceedings

• Implementing legislation: Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1995 (c 20)
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 148 Twenty-Ninth Annual Report 1993-94

• No legislation required

1994

Report 147 Report on Confiscation and Forfeiture (vol 1: report)

• Implementing legislation: Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1995 (c 20)
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 147 Report on Confiscation and Forfeiture (vol 2: draft bill + appendices)

• Implementing legislation: Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1995 (c 20)

Report 146 Twenty-Eighth Annual Report 1993-94

• No legislation required

1993

Report 145 *Sale of Goods Forming Part of a Bulk

• Implementing legislation: Sale of Goods (Amendment) Act 1995 (c 28)

Report 144 Report on the Formation of Contract: Scottish Law and the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods

• Implementing legislation: none
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 143 *Health Service Commissioners Bill: Report on the Consolidation of the Legislation relating to the Health Service Commissioners

• Implementing legislation: Health Service Commissioners Act 1993 (c 46) [consolidating statute]

Report 142 *Pension Schemes Bill: Report on the Consolidation of the Legislation relating to Pension Schemes

• Implementing legislation: Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c 48) [consolidating statute]

Report 141 Crofters (Scotland) Bill: Report on the Consolidation of Certain Enactments relating to Crofting

• Implementing legislation: Crofters (Scotland) Act 1993 (c 44) [consolidating statute]

Report 140 *Statute Law Revision: Fourteenth Report: Draft Statute Law (Repeals) Bill

• Implementing legislation: Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 (c 50)

Report 139 Twenty-Seventh Annual Report 1991-92

• No legislation required

1992

Report 138 *Clean Air Bill: Report on the Consolidation of Certain Enactments relating to Clean Air

• Implementing legislation: Clean Air Act 1993 (c 11) [consolidating statute]

Report 137 Evidence: Report on Documentary Evidence and Proof of Undisputed Facts in Criminal Proceedings

• Implementing legislation: Recommendations 1-19 implemented by section 29 and schedule 3 of the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings Act 1993 (c 9) ; Recommendations 25-35 implemented by section 16 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1995 (c 20)
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 136 Report on Evidence: Protection of Family Mediation

• Implementing legislation: Civil Evidence (Family Mediation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (c 6)
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 135 Report on Family Law | (Scottish Government's incomplete html version)

• Implementing legislation: Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c 36)
  Recommendations 1-4, 6-10, and 12 -41, implemented by Part 1.
  Nearly all the other recommendations implemented by the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 2)
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 134 Report on the Effect of Death on Damages

• Implementing legislation: Damages (Scotland) Act 1993 (c 5)
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 133 Report on Statutory Fees for Arrestees

• Implementing legislation: none
• Prior Discussion Paper

1991

Report 132 *Social Security Contributions and Benefits Bill, Social Security Administration Bill, Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Bill: Report on the Consolidation of the Legislation relating to Social Security

• Implementing legislation: Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c 4); Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c 5); Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c 6) [consolidating statutes]

Report 131 Twenty-Sixth Annual Report 1990-91

• No legislation required

Report 130 *Rights of Suit in Respect of Carriage of Goods by Sea

• Implementing legislation: Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992 (c 50)
• Prior Discussion Paper

1990

Report 129 *Private International Law: Choice of Law in Tort and Delict

• Implementing legislation: Private International Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995 (c 42)
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 128 Twenty-Fifth Annual Report 1989-90

• No legislation required

Report 127 Report on the Passing of Risk in Contracts for the Sale of Heritable Property

• Implementing legislation: none
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 126 Fourth Programme of Law Reform

Report 125 Report on the Evidence of Children and Other Potentially Vulnerable Witnesses

• Implementing legislation: Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 (c 40): sections 56 to 59 implemented recommendations 12 - 14 and 15 (in part).
  Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993: Sections 33 to 35 implemented recommendations 10 and 11. For implementation of recommendations 9 and 23 see Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 3) sections 1, 4, 20 and 21.
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 124 Report on Succession

• Implementing legislation: Recommendation 17 implemented in part by the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006, section 19. (Revived as a medium term project in the Seventh Programme)
• Prior Discussion Paper

Report 123 Twenty-Fourth Annual Report 1988-89

• No legislation required

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